Type-writing machine.



. P. A. YOUNG.

TYPE WRITING APPLIOATIOI TILED 001'. 16, 1906.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLIQA'QION FILED 00m. 15, 1906..

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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printing'point with any Althou h'particularly adapted to the'ob- 4 UNITED STATES ATENT O FICE,

r'RANK AJ'YoUuG, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB T 'rnnnonanon TYPEWRlTEE COMPANY, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A GOBPORATIONQF NEW'J'ERSEYH TYPE-WRITING nacm'lm.

citizen: of the United States, and resident ,0

Syracuse, in, .lth.e county-of-0nondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Writin Machines, of which the following is aspeci cation. i v

My invention relates more especially to ribbon mechanism for typewriting machines and has for its main'object the provision 0 improved means whereby a ribbon normally point and having a pluralityeof lds 0 different characteristics may so controlled that whenjlthe to cover the field.

'ect state ,-my invention may, nevertheless,

used to advantage with ribbons of uni-' form'character throughout in order to thoroughly exhaust such ribbons by writing on them in more than one longitudinal line.

To the above and other ends the invention consists in the features of construction, com- 'binations of; devices andarrangements of parts hereinafter fully described and particularly pointedout in the claims.

The invention is shown as applied'to a v Monarchtypewritei' but. it isto be underoperatin stood that said invention may be adapted to other forms of writing machines. I

In carryin out my invention in the resent instance substitute for the usual v1bra-' tory o ratin lever of the Monarch machine which ever has a fixed fulcrum) an o 'ratin lever which is fulcrumed on an justab e supporting lever, and provide hand-actuated means ,for controlling said supporting lever so as to vary the normal posltipn of the operating lever and its fulcrum.- The operating lever. is pivotall-y connected with a link which is part of the vibrator actuating mechanism but the arrang'ement is such that the shifting of the lever from one normal position to another oes not affect the link nor the rest of the actuating mechanism. 'Furthermore, the construction and arrangement of the supportin lever and. its controlling means is such 1; at the bodily shift of the operating lever is eflected readily and with the expenditure of a comparatively small amount of power and said operating lever ismaintained I Specification o! Letter-{Retent- Application and Octobu' 1a; 1006. Serial No. 339,060.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

with certainty 111' either of the positions in which it may In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a typewriting machine embodying my invent1on, parts. of the' machine bein omitted.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical. sect onal view of the machine taken on a plane forward of the top plate, parts being omitted and parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged f fragmentary side sectional view illustrating more particularly the operating lever, its

hn or a usting said supporting lever-to shi the operating lever.

' Inthe drawings, 1 designates the base of the machine from WhlCh'l'lSQ corner posts 2 su porting a to I fu crumed on a lcrurn plate 5 at therear of the base. Each key lever is provided with a restoring spring 6 and has p voted to it at 7 a sub-lever 8, the lower end whereof is slotted to cooperate with a fulcrum bar 9 and the upper end whereof'is connected by a link 10 with a type bar ll. The type bars are pivoted in hangers 12 arranged in segmental series on a segmental type bar support 13.

Said type are normally suppertedat their free end rtions on a type rest 14 and are adapted,'w en their amociete key levers are actuated,t0 cooperate with the front face snpport ingdever and the means for controlplate 3. .Key levers t are of aplat'en 15 mounted in a carriagecompris- -ment wheel 23. Cooperative with said escapement wheel are escapement' dogs 24: rdnounted at the'to of a pivoted vibratory carrier. or roc er 25 having a horizontal y disposed arm 26 which is connected by alink 27 with an arm 28 extending centrally and rearwardly from a rock shaft 29 pivoted on screw pivots 30 secured in the sides of the base. axm-QSandlockshaf-t 29 are part of a univr'rsal bar frame, the latter comprising, in addition, side arms 31extending rearwardly from the rock shaft 29 near its ends, and a universal bar proper 32 connectin said side arm's and the central arms 28 an 36 one disposed at each slde o the machine forwardly of the platen and above the to plate. As herein shown the ribbon is divide lnto longitudinal stripes or fields a and b of difierent characteristlcs, that is to say, the field a may be of one color such as black and the field b of another color such as red, for example; or the field a may be record ribbon and the field 6 copying ribbon. -The ribbon maybe fed longltudinally back and, forth between the sppols by any suitable ribbon feeding mechanism, that shown in the'draw= ings bein the usual mechanism of the Mon-Q arch mac ine and comprising for each ribbon spool a small beveled ear 37 operatively connected with the spoo and meshing with a 'beveled pinion 38 at the forward end of a ide horizontal shaft 39, said shaft carrying at its rear end a beveled pinion 40. Each pinion 40 is adapted to mesh with a d-rivi pinion 41 fixed to a horizontal driving sh t 42 extending from side to side of the machine. The driving shaft is connected with and receives motion from the spring drum 33, the connections comprising two beveled cars 43 and 44, the car 43 t ling operative y con nected with t e spri drum and the gear 44 with the driving sha 42 in such a way that while said gear ,44 and said shaft always turn together, yet said shaftmay be moved endwise relativel to said gear. wise movement'o the drivin shaft serves to connect one or the other of t e driving inions 41 with. its asso iate pinion- 40 an to cause one or the other of the ribbon spools to be turned to wind the ribbon thereon in the usual manner. v I

That portion of the ribbon which extends between the ribbon spools is normally held. or maintained below the printing oint a at the front of the platen by a vi ratory ribbon carrier or vibrator 45 which is guided and su port (1 in the upri ht arms 46-01 a Erackt' 47' secured y screws 48 to e to plate. The lower end or stem'of the vi rator is slotted and provided with a cross slotted orward end of an operating lever 50;- In the present instance the lever 50 is fulcrumed on a rivet 51 which'is carried at the forward end ortion of the horizontal arm 52 of an angu ar supportin .lever 53 The stop bar 69 is part 0 ter of a separate application filed by. me July 22, 1904, Serial No. 217,607, and is not claimed herein.

The end-.

in 49 which cooperates with the while its longer arm 56 depends from the pivot 54 in a substantially 'vertical 'direction.

The rear arm of the operatin lever 50 is pivotally connected at 57 wit the upper end portion of an actuating link 58, the lower end whereof is pivotally connected at 59 with the central arm 28 of the uni versal bar frame. i

The position of the supporting lever 53 may be adjusted in order to. va y or shift the position of the fulcrum 51 of the operating lever and the devices which I: prefer to employ for adjusting and controlling said supporting lever 53 will now be described. The lower end of the depending arm 56 of the supporting lever 53 is formed with a slot 60 engaging which is a grooved pin or member 61 carried at the lower end of a crank arm 62, said crank arm, as will be best seen in Fig. 2, being provided at its'upper end with a collar 63 which is suitably secured at the right-hand end of a horizontally disposed rock shaft 64. The rock shaftextends transversely ofthe machine from about its middle towards the left-hand side thereof and is supported in bearin openings formed in the rearwardly exten in ears 65 of a long bearing bracket -66, the latter beingsecured by headed screws 67 to the back of Y the upturned lip 68 of a stop bar 69 which is U-shaped as seen from above, the side arms 70 of the bar being secured by headed screws 71.to posts 72 rislng from the base 1.

has fixed to it a collar portion 73 of a crank arm 74 which extends upwardly from the rock shaft; The crank arms 74 and 62 serve effect/as the arms of a single lever of which" the rockshaft 64 is the elongated; -.p1vot or fulcrum. Pivotally connected at75 to the upper end of the crank or lever arm "74 is a bar 76" horizontally disposed and extending towards the front of the machine. The rear shown in aquarter turn as indicated at 77, so that the front portion thereof is horizontal and extends through a horizontal opening or slot 78 inthe ront plate 79 of the machine. Near its forward end at 80 the bar 76 is shouldered to provide'a stop or catch. Se-

the subject-matgortioln of the bar 76 is upright-as igs. 1 and 3 but the bbr is'givn cured to the end of the bar 76 in front of the front plate is a finger button-orcap 81' by, which; the bar and the mechanism that-13 =actuatin devices.

. sition may convenientl controlled. An angled spring 82 issecure at therear of the frontplate 79 by headed screws 83.-

The horizontal portion of the spring 82 lies beneath the horizontal forward portion of fthe bar 7 6-and serves to maintain the latter in contact with the upper edge of the slot 7 8 in. thefront plate. 7 I

- Referring now to the operation of the mechanism .hereinbefore described and assuming that the parts are normally positioned as; illustrated in full lines in Figs. 1 and 3,

' it will be understood that when. any of the acter 50 in Fig. 3 .and the'ribbon has been line position in ieated by the reference char moved upwardly far enoughto bring its upper field a opposite the prlnting point.

The parts will be-restored to normal osition by gravity and the usual universal }(not' shown) As, long as the parts are normally positioned as shown by the full lines in Fig. 3 the throw of the vibrator will be constant and the points at which its upward moveme nt; begins and ends will be the same so thatthetype impressions will follow in a path along the upper field a of the ribbon and longitudinally thereofi- When it is desired to make use of the lower field b of the-ribbon the operator exerts 'a rearward pressure against. the: button 81 moving the bar 76 rearwardly and, by means of thecrank arm 74, rock shaft '64 and crank arm 62, swinging the arm 56 of the support-.

ing ,lever 53 forwardly and the arm '52 of said lever upwardly. The upward movement-of the arm 52 moves the fulcrum 51 upwardly, said'fulcrum acting-on the operating lever 50 and swinging or liftin about the pivotalconnection 5 as acenter without disturbing the actuating link 58 or the other members of the train of ribbon per edge of the slot 78 by the-spring 82; and

.when the shoulder 80 on saidbar has passed entirely through said slot the s ring 82 oper'atesto lift the forward en portion of the bar 76 and to carry the shoulder 80 z higher ,t-hanthe. opening or slot 78, so that if thereafter the button 81 be released any tendenc. 10fv the bar 76 to return to the poroniwhich it started will be prevented bythe shoulder 80 contacting with that portion of the rear face of the front plate 79 immediately above the slot 78. In

ar spring horizontally from the top car of the supporting bracket 66.

it upwardly As the bar 7 6 is pushed rear wart llythe upper face -of its forward [portion is maintained incontact withthe upother words,'the 80 serves as a d tent or lock to maintaln the bar 76 and the parts controlled thereby set in their newly adjusted positions. When the bar 76 has been 'Jushed rearwardly and locked by the shoul er 80, the fulcrum 51 of the operatin lever will have be raised from the ful line position shownJn Fig. 3 to the dotted line position shown insaid figure, and the operating lever itself will have been raised to, and will be normally maintained in, the

dotted line position designated as 50 in said Fig. 3, the normal position of the link 58, however, remaining the same in both cases. At each actuation of the universal bar frame the link 58 willoperate on the lever 50 to swing it from the normal clotted-line position 50 to-the dotted line position indicated by 5 0 in Fig. 3. hen the operating lever is in the last named osition the vibratory ribbon carrier will ave been "lifted far enough to bring therlo wer field b of the ribbon opposite the printing point when a printing key is actuated. Consequently, the

type lmpresslons will follow in a path along and longitudinally of thelower field or portion b of the ribbon. v i

Vhen it ma be again desired to ma ke use of the upper ator first presses down onthe top of the finger piece or button 81, thereby flexing the 5 ring 82 and bringing the sh0ulder .S0..on

t e arm 76 opposite or in register with the slot 78 in the front late. Thereafter through the. influence o gravity the parts will berestored to the position shown in.-

full lines in Fig. 3, being maintained inthat position by the engagement of the crank arm 4 with a stop which may be in the form of an extension or lip 84 bent laterally outward f the left-hand Various changes may be made without (leparting from the spirit and scope of my invention. i i

' What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 'In-a ty, nation of a v1 ratory ribbon carrier, an operating lever therefor, means for actuating the same, a su porting lever pivoted-between its ends to a xed. part and proy-iding on one of its armsa fulcrum for the operating lever, the arms of said lever being unvarying in length, and meansiconneeted with the other arm of said lever for actuaitin'git to shift the normal position ofthe operating leverandribbon carrier, said first recited means providing a fulcrum on whichs'aid operating lever .is shifted to change its normal position. v v I 2. In a typewr1t ing machine, the combinationof a vibratory ribbon carrier, an operating lever therefor, means, forfactuating the same, an angular supportin 1 ver haveld d of, the ribbon-the oper-- writing n1achin e, 'the coinbilever shifted to change its normal position.

ing a horizontally disposed ar'm and a vertically disposed arm, said arms bein unvarying in length, said operatin lever ing fulcrumed on the horizontally isposed arm of said angular supporting lever, and means connected 'with the other arm of said su porting lever foractuating it to shift t e normaposition of the operating lever and ribbon carrier, said first recited means providing a fulcrum on which said operating 3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a vibratory ribbon carrier,.an operating lever therefor, a key actuated universal bar, a link between said universal bar and said operating lever, a supporting lever pivoted between its ends and roviding on one of its arms a fulcrum for tl fe operating lever, the arms .of said lever being unvarying in length, and means connected with the other arm of said supporting lever for actuating it to shift the normal position" of the operatinggi-l'ever and ribbon carrier, said link providing a fulcrum on which said operating lever is shifted to mal osition.

4. n a typewriting machine, the

arm of said supporting lever for-actuating-it toshift t e normal position of the operating lever and-ribbon carrier, said link providing a fulcrum onwhich said operating lever is'shiftedits normal position. e v

5. In a typewriting machine, the combi-V nation of a vibratory ribbon carrier, an operating lever therefor, means for actuating the same, a supporting lever pivoted between its ends to a fixed part and providing on one of its arms a fulcrum for the operating lever, the arms' of said lever being unvarying in length, and means connected with thebther arm of said lever for actuating it to shift the normal position of the operating lever and ribbon carrier, said last named means comprising a lever having an elongted' pivot or fulcrum, and a hand actuat arm connected with said lever, said first reciteda fulcrumon which-said means providin operating lever is shifted to change its'normal ition. a v

6. n a ty writing machine-thecombina tion of a vi ratory ribbon carrier, an operating lever therefor means for actuating the 1 same,.a supporting ever pivotedlbetween its ends and providing on oneof-its-arms a filling or change its nor-Iv "com-b 'nation of a vibratory ribbon carrier, v'an'opcrum for the operating lever, and means con-. nected with the other arm of said supporting lever for actuating it to shift the normal position of the operatin lever and ribbon carrier, said last name means comprising .a

vlever having an elon a'ted pivot 01'' fulcrum,

and a hand actuated ar connected with said lever, said bar extending through'an 0 enslot in the-front plate of the mac e and beinglofi-set to provide a latch for maintaining t positions in which'it may be a'd'usted.

7. In a ty tion of a vi r'atory ribbon carrier, an. operating lever therefor means for actuating the same, a supporting lever pivoted between its ends and providing on one of its arms a fulcrum for the 0 rating lever, and means connected with t e other arm of said lever for actuating it to shift the normal ition of; the operating lever and ribbon vibrator, said last named means comprising a pair of crank arms connected'b a, rock shaft, and-a bar or member rovide witha finger piece at 'the front of t e machine.

.8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a vi ratory ribbon carrier, an opere supporting lever in one of the writing'machine, t ecombinaating lever therefor, means 'for actuating the same, an angular supporting lever havin a horizontally dispo sed arm anda vertica disposedarm, said operating lever being' crumed on the horizontally disposed arm of said angular supporting lever, and means connected with'the other arm of \said su portin lever for actuating it to shift t e norma position of the operating lever and ribbon carrier, said last recited means com prising a rock shaft; having a crank arm connected ,with said'supportin lever, said rock shaft having a second era 7 arm and a fin r controlled-member or bar connected wit said second crank arm. 4

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a. vi ratory ribbon carrier, an operating lever therefor, a ke actuated universal bar, a link between sai universal bar and said operatinglever, a supportin lever pivoted between its ends and Iprovi g on one of its armsa fulcrum for the operating lever, and means connected with the other arm of said supporting lever for actuating itto shift the normal position of the operating lever and ribbon carrier, said last recite means comprisin porting two cran arms, one of which 18 cona rock shaft rigidly sup- 7 1 nect'ed with said supportin lever and the other of which is connecte with a finger controlled member or bar operative from the 7 front of the machine.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of-a vi ratory ribbon carrier, an operating lever therefor, a key actuated universal bar, a link connecting said universal bar with said operating lever, an angular supporting lever having a horizontally disposed ating lever being fulcrmned on the horizonthe front of e mac and ribbon carrier, said last recited means "Witnesses:

'-9o4,17o j i 5 arm and a vertically disposed arm, the operan arm havi a v r .pieee operative from 10 gi p tall disposed arm of said supporting lever Signed at Syracuse in the county of Onon'-- and means connected with the other arm of daga, and State of blew York, this 8th day a said supporting lever for actuating it to shift of October A. ,D. 1906. the normal position of the operating lever FRANK A YOUNG comprising a rock shaft ri idly supporting, 'Joln'w S. Mncnnnn, two crank arms, one of whic is connected to W. J. IDGAN.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 904,170, granted November 17, 1908, upon the application of Frank A. Young, of Syracuse. New York, for an improvement in Type-Writing Machines, the State 'o finco'rporatio n was erroneously written and printed as fNew Jersey 'vvhereas'said State should have heen written and printed as York, as shown by the records of assignments in this Oflice; and that thesaid Letters Patent should read vvith thisco'rrection therein that thesame may conform to the record of theicase in the Patent Oflice, v v

Signed and sealed t his' lsth day of Ma A. D.,1915. a

[SE'AIn] i I i i R.- WHITEHEAD, J

I Acting C' mmiesiofler of liate nta. I

' ating lever being fulcrmned on the horizonthe front of e mac and ribbon carrier, said last recited means "Witnesses:

'-9o4,17o j i 5 arm and a vertically disposed arm, the operan arm havi a v r .pieee operative from 10 gi p tall disposed arm of said supporting lever Signed at Syracuse in the county of Onon'-- and means connected with the other arm of daga, and State of blew York, this 8th day a said supporting lever for actuating it to shift of October A. ,D. 1906. the normal position of the operating lever FRANK A YOUNG comprising a rock shaft ri idly supporting, 'Joln'w S. Mncnnnn, two crank arms, one of whic is connected to W. J. IDGAN.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 904,170, granted November 17, 1908, upon the application of Frank A. Young, of Syracuse. New York, for an improvement in Type-Writing Machines, the State 'o finco'rporatio n was erroneously written and printed as fNew Jersey 'vvhereas'said State should have heen written and printed as York, as shown by the records of assignments in this Oflice; and that thesaid Letters Patent should read vvith thisco'rrection therein that thesame may conform to the record of theicase in the Patent Oflice, v v

Signed and sealed t his' lsth day of Ma A. D.,1915. a

[SE'AIn] i I i i R.- WHITEHEAD, J

I Acting C' mmiesiofler of liate nta. I

Correction In Letters Patent No. 904,170.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 904,170, granted November 17,

1 1908, upon the application of Frank A. Young, of Syracuse. New York, for an imi provement in Type-Writing Machines, the State of incorporation was errone- V ously written and printed as New Jersey whereas said State should have been 1 written and printed as New York, as shown by the records of assignments in this that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

and that the said Letters Patent shouid be read with this correction therein Signed and sealed this 18th day of May, A. D., 1915.

R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting 00mm issioner of Patents.

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